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Poetry for All
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Access All Areas poetry for, about, and from disabled people, hosted by @rosebonecrone.bsky.social and @fayroberts.bsky.social.

All our events are #BSL interpreted and wheelchair #accessible. Watch this space! #PoetryForAll
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It's nearly here! #PoetryForALL2025 is tomorrow (Friday 28th November) in the gorgeous National Centre for Early Music in York and livestreamed online. If you'd like to join us online, the link is here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-for.... As ever, our event is fully BSL interpreted. 1/3
Poetry for All! Accessible, BSL-interpreted, LIVESTREAMED and in person
Join us via Livestream! Listen to poets, or read the BSL interpretation, or the words on the screen. In person or on screen: Poetry for ALL
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
It is, indeed, the final day of our #crowdfunder (www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...) to be able to pay our #disabled artists, venue, #BSL interpreters, and videographer, though you can continue to send us money via that and Kofi (ko-fi.com/poetryforalluk) afterwards. Please pledge and/ or share!
December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Day 18 and our campaign is still at 33% of the target. Will you help us go further? We have 18 days left to raise the funds for our #accessible #poetry event #PfAFundraiser24 which took place on 29-Nov-24.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Poetry for All 2024 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive, hybrid, live arts event
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 10:31 AM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
We can't help but agree!

Thanks for tuning in, Beth. ❤️
beesmade.bsky.social Beth @beesmade.bsky.social · Nov 29
Ok so @poetryforalluk.bsky.social was gorgeous. What a great Friday night of poetry. A tonic.

@rickdove.bsky.social I have missed your voice, turns out. ❤️ 🪣
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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fayroberts.bsky.social
I wrote something a little longer about @poetryforalluk.bsky.social because I'm incredibly passionate about it, and we NEED to see this work. #PfAfundraiser24 #PleaseShare

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Poetry for ALL - an appeal
When I said "yes" to helping Rose Drew host what turned out to be the first ever Poetry for ALL in 2018, I had no solid idea what I was getting myself into, but through all the amazing events, brilli…
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November 29, 2024 at 2:54 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Day 12 and our campaign is still at 27% of the target. Will you help us go further? We have 24 days left to raise the funds for our #accessible #poetry event, which takes place tonight! #PfAFundraiser24

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Poetry for All 2024 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive, hybrid, live arts event
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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rosebonecrone.bsky.social
THIS IS TODAY!!!!!

Highlight of my year. Join us please: 7.30pm GMT. 2.30pm US EST. 8.30pm much of Europe & Africa. Asia: sorry dudes, dawn

Fab line up
Astonishing poems
Such an amazing community
@poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Part of #YorkDisabilityWeek #BSL #AccessibleArt@fayroberts.bsky.social
rosebonecrone.bsky.social Rose @rosebonecrone.bsky.social · Nov 28
If 2000 people join online we'd break even! :-)
Livestream
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-for...
#Accessible #Arts #Venue #Poetry
Poetry for All
TOMORROW
Rick Dove & FR Kesby
With Mark Bell, Sylvia Marie, Natasha Tingle
ncem.co.uk/events/poetr...
I love this event. Help us put it on again.
Poetry for All 2024
A fully accessible, inclusive arts event featuring disabled performers.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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thebrokenspine.co.uk
🚨 Calling all poets! We're looking for #PoemsAbout #CrossingTheLine this week!

🗓️ Friday, 29th Nov
📍 @AlanParry83.bsky.social
🔥 He will be reading your work and giving tailored feedback.

Don’t miss this chance to push boundaries and get your voice heard. #PoetryCommunity #SkyPoetry #writers
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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rickdove.bsky.social
Updated my LinkTree to include a couple of recent anthologies with new poems from yours truly, and a ticket link and Crowdfunder for my next feature @poetryforalluk.bsky.social Friday 29th November, York and LiveStreamed. #PoetsLife #PoetsOfBlueSky

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Rick Dove - Writer | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Writer & Facilitator | Voice Over Artist | 2021 UK Poetry Slam Champion ♿🏳️‍🌈
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November 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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fayroberts.bsky.social
It's @poetryforalluk.bsky.social (York & livestreamed) Friday. Yet again we're deemed unworthy of arts council funding. If you'd like to demonstrate that there IS demand for accessible poetry by disabled poets, you can attend, contribute to our fundraiser, or buy our merch: linktr.ee/poetryforalluk
poetryforalluk | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Poetry for, about, and from disabled people. All events accessible.
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November 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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rosebonecrone.bsky.social
If only 2600 people pay £1 each for the livestream, we'll totally break even (with a decent in-person audience too)

:)

Livestream link soon available via Eventbrite!!

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rosebonecrone.bsky.social Rose @rosebonecrone.bsky.social · Nov 18
Woohoo!!! Tix for UK's premier #accessible #poetry event are finally live! @poetryforalluk.bsky.social Fri 29 Nov, NCEM York: £8, £5 conc. And Livestreamed! (link up soon: min £1)
@rickdove.bsky.social & #FRKesby headlining. Cohost amazing @fayroberts.bsky.social ncem.co.uk/events/poetr...
POETRY FOR ALL - NCEM
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November 23, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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stairwellbooks.bsky.social
Hello, at @poetryforalluk.bsky.social we must ask if you can spare a few quid.
Crowdfund: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Rewards for donations! You’ll receive a livestream link for almost any amount!
Thank you! 😊

#AccessibleArts #AccessibleVenue #AccessiblePoetry #BSL
Poetry for All 2024 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive, hybrid, live arts event
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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rosebonecrone.bsky.social
Please consider supporting #accessibility. £3000 event, ACE declined last minute. Thank you!

@poetryforalluk.bsky.social @rickdove.bsky.social
#BSL #DeafPoetry #AccessibleVenue #PoetryCommunity #ArtForAll

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Poetry for All 2024 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive, hybrid, live arts event
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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concordmoose.bsky.social
Really looking forward to reading with Ellen McAteer & Jennifer Wong in a fortnight at this launch for the Disabled Poets Prize 2024 winning pamphlet Nowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bed. Join us? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/susie-wils... #poetrybluesky #poetry
Susie Wilson, Ellen McAteer, Jennifer Wong
VERVE Poetry Press presents Susie Wilson, Ellen McAteer & Jennifer Wong reading from their brand new collections and pamphlets.
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November 8, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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interstellarflight.bsky.social
We are OPEN to poetry submissions from poets who are queer and disabled. We want to further the conversation, so this call is a round-robin. Reprints accepted.
Submissions
Interstellar Flight Press is currently open for the following submission calls:  ​Infinite Branches: Queer, Speculative Disability Poetry in Conversation - Open 10/15/24-12/1/24 Nonfiction Essays...
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November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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amandaearl.bsky.social
thanks for this. no funds these days, but have shared your post with my feed. another antho i love is Stairs and Whispers:
D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back
Edited by Sandra Alland, Khairani Barokka & Daniel Sluman published by Nine Arches Press in the UK ninearchespress.com/publications...
Stairs and Whispers | Nine Arches Press
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November 15, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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mailbykite.bsky.social
Eeeep, thank you so much to everyone who’s submitted to the Disabled Poets Prize. Run by CRIPtic Arts x Spread the Word, and begun by the brilliant Jamie Hale.

Just got the submissions for my category, lking fwd to Jamie and I being severely pressed abt judging from a plethora of great art.
November 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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thepublishingpost.bsky.social
🏆 Read more about the ADCI Literary prize and the Disabled Poets Prize which encourages positive representations of disability in literature and poetry.
www.thepublishingpost.com/post/literar...
Literary Prizes Celebrating Disabled People
A Prize open to authors with a chronic illness or disability who've written novels with at least one chronically ill or disabled character
www.thepublishingpost.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
You know that you can discuss overwork/"Zoom fatigue" without crapping all over hybrid engagement and participation for disabled/chronically ill people (students, teachers, researchers), right?
Many administrators & journalists appear not to know this, at least.
Not linking the WaPo piece, either
November 27, 2023 at 4:11 PM
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fayroberts.bsky.social
Fuck all of this. Incredibly, it gets worse the longer you read…
mariness.bsky.social Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · Nov 27
Ten years ago, World Fantasy Con was held at a wheelchair-inaccessible hotel in Brighton, UK.

So I couldn't attend.

In 2025, World Fantasy Con will return to this hotel, the Doubletree by Hilton Metropole in Brighton, UK.

It's still inaccessible.
November 27, 2023 at 9:07 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Very exciting!
fayroberts.bsky.social Fay Roberts @fayroberts.bsky.social · Nov 22
Part of fundraising for @poetryforalluk.bsky.social was production costs for merch which has started to arrive. Last week badges, today notebooks from A Local Printer Ltd (specialising in high quality products made entirely from recycled materials). Available to buy at Friday's event or soon online!
Fay on TikTok
Hey heyyyyy! Part of the fundraising for #PoetryForAll was to allow us to pay production costs for the #merchandise, which is starting to arrive. Last week we had badges, today we have notebooks from ...
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November 22, 2023 at 9:15 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
EXCITING NEWS!

We've raised enough to (just about!) be able to afford a videographer so that you'll be able to watch and listen to the event live from the comfort of your own... wherever you like. Online Event Admission tickets are pay-as-you-feel - just go to poetryforall23.eventbrite.co.uk
Poetry for All
A fully accessible, inclusive arts event featuring disabled performers.
poetryforall23.eventbrite.co.uk
November 15, 2023 at 8:58 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
WOW.

We've reached our baseline target already! A couple of particularly generous donations over the last 24 hours pushed our pledges up onto the plateau and we're now looking at exciting vistas ahead of us, free of worry about affording to put on this event.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Poetry for All 2023 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive arts event and produce an anthology of artists' work.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 11, 2023 at 9:30 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Day 10 and our campaign is now, thanks to community generosity, at 94% of the target. Will you help us go further (we don't get any unless we hit 100%)? We have 12 days left to raise the funds for our accessible poetry event

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...
Poetry for All 2023 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive arts event and produce an anthology of artists' work.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 11, 2023 at 3:55 PM
poetryforalluk.bsky.social
Day 8 and our campaign is now at 69%* of the target. Will you help us go further (we don't get any unless we hit 100%)? We have 14 days left to raise the funds for our accessible poetry event

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/poetry-for...

(*you know what to do...)
Poetry for All 2023 Fundraiser
Raising funds to stage a fully accessible, inclusive arts event and produce an anthology of artists' work.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 9, 2023 at 6:37 PM